Truro, Cathedral Church of St Mary
s13 . Baptistry vestibule 1
Entries in grey
are not obtained from documentary evidence, but
are inferred from content, context, etc .
Date of manufacture and insertion
1889
Number of lights
1
Maker
Clayton & Bell
Main subject
3 .
Elijah
2 .
Annunciation of the birth of John the Baptist to Zacharias
1 .
Zacharias writes John’s name
Donor
Walter Deeble Boger of Wolsdon, Antony, Torpoint,
eldest son of Deeble Boger,
husband of dedicatee
Dedicatee
Amelia Harriet Boger,
youngest daughter of Mr and Mrs Thomas Holmes Bosworth of Westerham, Kent,
died 29th June 1887 aged 47
Notes
Marriage of Walter Deeble Boger and Amelia Harriet Bosworth,
15th August 1863 ,
at Westerham, Kent.
Royal Cornwall Gazette August 21, 1863 p 8 .
Death of dedicatee,
Morning Post July 4, 1887 p 1 ,
Western Morning News July 4, 1887 p 1 ,
Royal Cornwall Gazette July 8, 1887 p 5 ,
Kent and Sussex Courier July 15, 1887 p 3 .
Intention to donate,
Royal Cornwall Gazette October 18, 1888 p 5 .
Donor, dedicatee, subject, insertion,
Royal Cornwall Gazette January 9, 1890 p 7
The three windows of the Baptistry vestibule, the other two being
s14
and
s15
,
were all given at the same time by the same donor in memory of the same dedicatee.
The Baptistry vestibule has since been re-ordered as the Chapel of SS Samson and Boniface.
TO · THE · GLORY · OF · GOD · AND · IN · LOVING · MEMORY · OF AMELIA · HARRIET · WIFE · OF ·
· WALTER · DEEBLE · BOGER · OF WOLSDON · WHO · DIED · THE
29TH · OF · JUNE · 1887 · AGED · 47
To the Glory of God and in loving memory of Amelia Harriet wife of Walter Deeble Boger of Wolsdon who died the 29th of June 1887 aged 47
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ELIAS
(Elijah)
3 .
Elijah, with a raven on his left hand.
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APPARUIT · AUTEM · ILLI · ANGELUS · DOMINI
Apparuit autem illi angelus Domini
(And there appeared unto him an angel of the Lord)
(Luke 1:11 )
2 .
The Annunciation of the birth of John the Baptist by the archangel Gabriel
to the priest Zacharias.
Gabriel says to Zacharias Ne timeas Zacharia
(Fear not Zacharias)
(Luke 1:13 ).
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SCRIPSIT · DICENS · JOANNES · EST · NOMEN · >EJUS
Scripsit dicens Joannes est nomen eius
(He wrote, saying, His name is John)
(Luke 1:63 )
1 .
The birth of John the Baptist.
John’s father, the priest Zacharias who was struck dumb for doubting the angel’s prophecy,
writes his son’s name.
John’s mother
Elizabeth lies on a bed in the background and, on the right, a nursemaid
holds the child in swaddling clothes.
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The inscription, running across the bases of
s13 ,
s14
and
s15 .
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